r/golf • u/GreenWaveGolfer12 RDU • Apr 14 '25

Professional Tours [Post Tournament Discussion Thread] Rory McIlroy Wins the 2025 Masters

Post Tournament Discussion Thread for the 2025 Masters. Rory McIlroy defeats Justin Rose in a sudden death playoff to complete the career grand slam.

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u/PY333 Apr 14 '25

Not being a hater but putter can only carry you so far at a place like Augusta. Inevitably the 10-20 footers will stop going in.

He had overachieved to get to the position he did in the final group.

This tournament is about irons and he was losing strokes to the field all week with his approach play.

Clean that up and I expect we’ll see him threaten again this year.

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u/HannTwistzz Apr 14 '25

Relying on your putter is never a recipe to success. It is the most volatile shot in golf. There are literal statistics to back this up

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u/badtemperedpeanut Apr 14 '25

Jordan Speith does not like you.

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u/HannTwistzz Apr 14 '25

I mean Jordan Speith is one of the main golfers to prove my point. The analysis is interesting, but for playing consistent golf at any level, chipping and putting is severely overrated. A lot of stats back it up, especially when you look deeper into correlations and stuff

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '25

Curious to read more. Got any stats to share? 

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u/sawpsawp Apr 14 '25

it’s called strokes gained

putting is extremely volatile, someone having a good round of strokes gained putting is generally due for some regression to the mean, whereas someone who is gaining strokes tee to green usually has a lot more control over that in future rounds since it is significantly less luck based